Sharif to boycott Pakistan elections

Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif today announced his party was boycotting next month's parliamentary elections following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto - and demanded that the country's president resign immediately.

"The holding of fair and free elections is not possible in the presence of (President) Pervez Musharraf. After the killing of Benazir Bhutto, I announce that the Pakistan Muslim League-N will boycott the elections," the former prime minister said, referring to his party.